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Barriers found to college degrees for Hispanics

March 18, 2010

The percentage of Hispanic students who graduate from college in six years or less continues to lag behind that of white students, according to a new American Enterprise Institute study of graduation figures.

Looking at graduation rates from more than 600 colleges for students who entered college in 1999, 2000, and 2001, the nonprofit research American Enterprise Institute found that 51 percent of those identified as Hispanic earned bachelor's degrees in six years or less, compared with 59 percent of white students.

The institute scholars found barriers of language and culture as impeding students from Hispanic backgrounds.